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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 19, 1988Buffalo County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1988, 7:55 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1988, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1988, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1988-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1988-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.